Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-22

Glcally stopped, ana the canQloateS s peQ1gree will be the first consideration. This is 8 strange move, even for Russia.
 Smuggling of opium is said to be exten- sively carried on by Chinese spectators in the neighborhood of Ottawa in, the province of Ontario From that point much of the vile drug finds it's way over the border, thus avoiding the high duty which the govern ment imposes upon that largely used poison. and the revenue of the United States is de- frauded to large extent thereby. From British Columbia large quantities of manu- fsctured opium is sent into the United States and much of it crosses the St. Lawrence river at Brockville and other small places along the border. There are now eleven factories that are engaged in the refinery of crude opium at Victoria, any one of which is suff- eient to supply the local demand of the Chi nese in that section. It does not cost much to refine and purify the crude drug and the Celestials are thus enabled to treble or quad ruple the money they invest in cheating tbs customs.
 Some of the Protestant papers are calling attention to the fact that while Protestants are appealing and coaxing men to go to the heathen as missionaries the Roman Catholic church is hard at work and her missionaries are abroad in all lands. In China there are 4e3, ,403 baptized converts, AT European mis- sionaries, 281 native priests, 2,429 churches and chapels, 1,779 colleges and schools with 25,219 scholars and 33 seninaries with 654 seminarists. In Corea, Japan, Manchooria and Thibet the church has 13O European and 15 native priests, 227 churches and chapels and 77, 1854 baptized Christians. In the Indo- China peninsula there reported 694, ,296 Catholics, and in India 1,185, 538 Catholics. The grand total of the working forces in these countries is 2,440, ,481 baptized Catholics, 2,639 missionaries and native priests; 1898 churches and chapels, 1, ,469 colleges and schools with 112, ,359 scholars, and 76 semi naries with 2, 746 seminarists.
 Robert Lawson, inspector general of hospi- | tals, writes about the mortality among the l troops serving in the United Kingdom from consumption" In 1889, the first year for which the statistics are available, the deaths 1 of soldiers by consumption were nearly twice that of those in civil life, being 9.30 per 1000. In the years 1880 S4 the number had fallen to 5.63 per 1000, as against 2S1 in civil life. Dr. Lawson makes the somewhat surprising statement that the great improve | ment in the construction and ventilation of ! barracks and hospitals made about twenty years ago was not followed by the expected l decrease in consumption. A decrease was observed immediately, however, after the | substitution of flannel shirts for linen or cal l ico, and woolen pants for white linen. In l the reports from five foreign stations during | the years 1879 84 it appears that eonsump- tion prevails most in Mauritius and Ceylon, with percentage of 3.2O in 1000, America coming next with PTS, the Cape of Good Hope and Natal showing the lowest per- centage, 1.35.
 1 Local option combined with high license wovks very well in Missouri. Missouri has a high licenee law placing the minimum fee at $550 and the maximum at $1, 200, the county courts having discretion to fix th< amount within these limits. A saloon in ar l incorporated city or town requires two Ii. censes, one from the county for the county and State and another from the municipalit, l for the city. Incorporated cities and townl are at liberty to fix the price of license & any figure they please,o to withhold license. l altogether. Under this law licenses have varied greatly, ranging from $55O in th, rural counties to even $2, GOO in some munici palities. The general effect of the law hel been to reduce the number of saloons in tn. State, in spite of the increase of population and to increase largely the revenues. Previ ous to the laws enactment the total revenues from the liquor traffic were $547, ,32O 30 Last year the amount from State licenses wa $157, ATT and from county and municipa licenses was $1 ,3Sa, 116, making 8 total O $1, ,539, ,593. In addition to this high licens law the Missouri legislature passed last win
 ter local-option law giving to each city O county the power to decide by popular vot
 as to whether it should allow any liquor sell ing or not Under this law thirty-four of tn, ffty-one counties in the State have voted II
 favor of prohibition, and of sixteen citie
 voting on the question eleven have been car ried by the prohibitionists.
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